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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1912
Page
7
Fire swept New Holland’s business district causing total losses of 25000 across ten buildings. The report lists other Ohio incidents including deaths in Medina Gallipolis and Columbus and notable events from Lorain Zanesville and Akron.
The Cincinnati Times Star, a one cent afternoon paper owned by Charles P Taft, endorses the initiative and referendum in a July 30 1912 editorial. The piece supports No 27 amendments to let people decide board of education sizes.
Cincinnatians are urged to vote for Amendment No. 27 in the September 3 special election. The amendment allows each school district to decide by referendum how its local school board is organized and how many members it has, addressing the long standing fight between large and small board factions in Cincinnati. The piece cites Taft’s Times Star support and urges all friends of Cincinnati schools to vote yes to reveal true public sentiment and resolve the debate. It also notes plans by Superintendent C. C. Herron to promote community gardening in Mt. Healthy and nearby areas to boost self supply and lower living costs.
The article explains how to estimate a horse's age through tooth development and wear. It details milk teeth formation in infancy, the eruption and shedding timeline, and how front and corner teeth wear patterns indicate age from birth to about ten or more years.
President Dabney describes the university as a municipal institution serving Cincinnati. A bulletin notes growing demand from Night High School graduates and others for continued study and states that in 1912 the university decided to offer some regular liberal arts courses at night.
The author outlines optimal timing and methods for making oat hay. Wait for grain turning yellow, cut and cure promptly to avoid mold, and dry thoroughly before storage. Proper handling and windrow sweating improve quality, especially when mixed with clover for horses and cattle.
The Missouri experiment station finds rape the best annual forage for swine, sown with a small amount of oats. It can be planted as early as soil work allows or with oats, grows rapidly, and suits swine pasture. Dwarf Essex is the thinning variety. Good results occur when sowing five to six pounds ahead and then drilling in half.
Winter report shows six hundred dozen jackrabbits killed and shipped to Seattle and Spokane at an average price of three dollars per dozen. The article notes the scale of the trade and regional destinations.
Philip Hale, a Boston thinker, urges barley water as a sensible hot weather drink instead of icy mixtures. His recipe uses three pints water, pearl barley, sugar, lemon rind and juice, boiled then steeped, strained until clear, and chilled before serving. A commenter adds to refrigerate and forget the jug.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura for red rough hands, offering directions to soak wash and apply soap and ointment with bandages at night. It claims emollients leave hands velvety white and soft and notes global availability with a free sample offer and a postal address in Boston. It ends with a social quip about reform and mother-in-law humor.
A well fed sow is reported to provide the pigs with a strong start in life, suggesting improved growth prospects for the herd and better farrowing outcomes.
Mr. Edgar A. Norsis of Untonville Maryland reports a summer ivy poison case cured by Resinol Ointment. He describes severe itching and rawness, noting rapid healing and relief after using the product, also recommending Resinol Soap.
A medical advertisement touts Therapion as a miracle cure used in French hospitals. It urges sufferers of chronic diseases to request a free book by mail from Dr. LeClerc Med. Co. and to decide for themselves about Therapion No. 1 No. 8 as the sought therapy.
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